The phrase "a pattern of abusive" is not correct as it is incomplete.
It should be "a pattern of abusive behavior" or similar. You can use it when discussing repeated harmful actions or behaviors, typically in the context of relationships or environments.
Example: "The investigation revealed a pattern of abusive behavior that had been ongoing for years."
Alternatives: "a cycle of abuse" or "a trend of mistreatment."
"If these sites are seeing a pattern of abusive behaviour then [the company] must step in".
"Piedmont prison guards have engaged in a pattern of abusive incidents against immigration detainees," the complaint said.
Federal prosecutors have announced a settlement with Cleveland in which the city's police department has agreed to take steps to correct a pattern of abusive behavior by officers.
It doesn't tell us how many people are living in fear of their partner, or experiencing a pattern of abusive behaviour.
The mounting evidence reveals a pattern of abusive policing that warrants the attention of the Justice Department, which should be using its broad authority to investigate these practices.
That position drew support from the Pentagon, which cited what it described as a pattern of abusive auto loans to members of the military.
A court order involving two of the men who settled Sunday had prompted the release of thousands of pages of documents, including personnel files of clergy members, detailing a pattern of shuttling abusive priests from parish to parish.
Mr. Hermosilla said the state prosecutor had gathered testimony from dozens of witnesses that "established a pattern of decades of abusive behavior".
The deal heads off a threatened civil rights lawsuit over what the Justice Department calls a systemic pattern of abusive conduct by officers.
Bowing to the inevitable, Los Angeles city officials have agreed to accept a federal court agreement that would require a series of long-sought changes in police management and training to head off a threatened civil rights lawsuit over what the Justice Department has called a systemic pattern of abusive conduct by officers here.
"By linking our cases together we have been able to evidence a clear pattern of abusive, discriminatory behaviour towards women which amounts to institutional sexism by the Metropolitan police".
